Mrs. Fred Applegate joins Daughters of Liberty, 1900
New Jersey Courier 8 Feb 1900
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Samuel Peckworth obituary, 1900
From the New Jersey Courier 8 Feb 1900 Samuel G. Peckworth, a well known citizen of Manahawkin, died on Sunday last in New York, where he was working at his trade of mason. He caught cold from wet feet while working the foundation of a building and contracted pleuro-pneumonia. Mr. Peckworth was a deacon in the Baptist church and an upright, useful citizen. He leaves three children, Charles, Howard and Miss Eva Peckworth, all of whom live in New York City. He was about 65 years of age. Burial at Manahawkin.
from the New Jersey Courier 15 Dec 1900 Adelbert Peckworth of Manahawkin died at the State Hospital, Trenton on Monday, and was buried at Manahawkin on Wednesday. He was about 32 years old, the son of Mrs. Jane Peckworth of Manahawkin. His father, the late Lewis Peckworth, was once postmaster at that village. The deceased had been an inmate of the asylum for eight years. For the last five years he had known nothing whatever and his death had been looked for at any moment.
MIDDLETON, THOMAS W. from the New Jersey Courier, 4 Oct 1900 Captain Thomas W. Middleton died very suddenly on Saturday morning last, falling over upon the steps of his law office in the bank building. He had been ill for a week or so past, the ailment being pronounced as acute indigestion. Saturday morning he felt better and came down town, greeting many of his friends in his usual cheery way. His sudden death from neuralgia of the heart is a distinct shock to the whole community. Thomas Woodward Middleton was of English descent and a great grandson of Thomas Middleton, a member of the Monmouth County Horse in the Revolution, a grandson of Thomas Middleton of the War of 1812, and the son of Esdeck Middleton, who as Captain of the Groveville, NJ Volunteers participated in one of the receptions to Lafayette in 1825. Mr. Middleton's mother, Rebecca, was a daughter of Charles Jenkins, who was a son of Jesse Jenkins, the owner and founder of Jenkintown, PA, and the Chief Carpenter o
Deaths in the Courier- April 5 1900
DEATHS Woodward-March 28, 1900, near New Egypt, Robert E. Woodward Estlow-at Manahawkin, March 28, Mrs. Hezekiah Estlow. Manion--at Lakehurst, April 1, 1900, John Manion, aged 67 years. Cowan--at Lakehurst, April 3, 1900, Samuel D. Cowan, aged 65 years.
